Trees Are So Weird
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Trees are among the most extreme and successful forms of life on Earth. They build their bodies from thin air, move water with pressures that would crush a human, and grow using a fascinating system of living cables wrapped in layers of corpses. Under their bark lies a razor-thin strip of living cells, working endlessly to move water hundreds of meters, build indestructible wood, and coordinate millions of functions.
How do trees work, and what are they even made of? What makes these ancient giants so resilient, and maybe even immortal?
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December 28, 2025 at 8:05 pm
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@tmanknoll9702
December 28, 2025 at 8:05 pm
This would have been a good team trees video back in the day!
Well done!
@TheGroundskeeper
December 28, 2025 at 8:05 pm
The forests of the United States are growing in size, the only first world nation to claim such truth, a testament to American commitment to the environment without the need for international politics. Others argue, we do.
@sunlighthuntress
December 28, 2025 at 8:05 pm
I wish I had this video when I was taking dendrology
@ArthurKLEIN-e9o
December 28, 2025 at 8:05 pm
References about pop culture, like Gibli or Zelda are really good.
The drawings are also so amazing, and good job to the drawer.
The video is really interesant and the manner to explain it is really good.
@L.sPonsel
December 28, 2025 at 8:05 pm
This is so Dark
It Explained our Civilization
@Halmyrron
December 28, 2025 at 8:05 pm
My tree punches things! 🤣
@LiamJordan-b7k
December 28, 2025 at 8:05 pm
To anyone who has played Breath of the Wild or Tears of the Kingdom, skip to 9:13 and look at the right side of the screen for a treat. (He hid a Korok.)
@TREEWORX
December 28, 2025 at 8:05 pm
Zombie trees
@TREEWORX
December 28, 2025 at 8:05 pm
Zombie trees
@AgentBubbls
December 28, 2025 at 8:05 pm
This is the tree that my local gym needs to water those new xells
@d4y._.DrE4mer
December 28, 2025 at 8:05 pm
Please make a video of Save Arravali
@danieldeenik8618
December 28, 2025 at 8:05 pm
When is the next part I wait patiently but I check daily lol I'm so excited
@emissions7474
December 28, 2025 at 8:05 pm
3:10 GHIBLI REFERENCE
@sidedpit5740
December 28, 2025 at 8:05 pm
God's creations really are beautiful and ingenious
@composerdoh
December 28, 2025 at 8:05 pm
@2:15 "one day round 385 million yrs ago.." evolution doesn't work that way. That's like saying "then one day 15 years ago, I woke up and I was old." You're not "young" on Monday and then Tuesday you're "old." In the same way, evolution doesn't make something just "appear" in or on "one day" (sorry to be "that guy"- I'm sure you were speaking euphemistically, but some people get the impression evolution actually DOES work like that.)
@Four.mp4
December 28, 2025 at 8:05 pm
No officer i didn’t kill that tree i freed it
@geokou7645
December 28, 2025 at 8:05 pm
saying "roots" over an image of a blue tree is either a goated reference or im going scizo
@Ashriel08
December 28, 2025 at 8:05 pm
Why did they just release a video about trees when I JUST FINISHED my SPM
@ConnorRKnaupp
December 28, 2025 at 8:05 pm
Petrified
@purpleketty
December 28, 2025 at 8:05 pm
Can you make a video breaking down fungi? I think its a very interesting topic! Or maybe slime molds and why they are able to solve mazes and why they merge when food is scarce?
@trogler
December 28, 2025 at 8:05 pm
9:18 What is that Pikmin doing here?
@Nathan-tv5ub
December 28, 2025 at 8:05 pm
Do trees have cancer like animals
@vegansyl
December 28, 2025 at 8:05 pm
Wow, what a great partnership with planet wild
@anmolranjan2905
December 28, 2025 at 8:05 pm
the definition of why everyone matters
@danielgrayson5947
December 28, 2025 at 8:05 pm
I love the koroks sprinkled throughout the video:)
@SteveAfton-s5v
December 28, 2025 at 8:05 pm
I have a question. If a tree is immortal due to constant regeneration, can't we make an infinite wood source to burn? And I know that there are some wood types that do not smog… if you are such an eco-nitpick.
@AsmaAshfaq-c5m
December 28, 2025 at 8:05 pm
I thought the oldest tree in the world would look like this 5:21 but Methuselah shocked me
@Ralfidogg
December 28, 2025 at 8:05 pm
6:36 "Therefore I do not am" Just know, I appreciate that.
@GotItUS
December 28, 2025 at 8:05 pm
Love Kurzgesagt ♥
@mythamerica9361
December 28, 2025 at 8:05 pm
I LOVE that y'all included the tree spirits from Princess Mononoke in a couple of scenes! Perfection.
@csamic
December 28, 2025 at 8:05 pm
maan i feel bad for the trees that i sculped . im gona stop doing that to them.
@pedromarcura8634
December 28, 2025 at 8:05 pm
translate pleasee
@PiperJones-s3t
December 28, 2025 at 8:05 pm
I swear to gawd I dreamt that exact same thing at around the 2:30 mark. I was the the essence of the tree, attempting to figure out how tf I'm supposed to get from the top to the bottom and reverse. Holy phuq it was wild.
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